Wagon-reach.



No. 776,458. PATENTED NOV. 29, 1904.

' J. T GRAMPTON.

WAGON REACH.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 8, 1903 H0 MODEL.

No. ?78,458. Patented November 29, 1904:.

Uirnn drafts are i Fl 1 SE a JOHN T. CRAMPTON, OF PAIV NEE )ITY, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO HIMSELF AND LEIVIS H. WOODS, OF PAWNEE CITY, NEBRASKA.

WAGON-REACH. I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 776,458, dated November 29, 1904.

Application filed August 8, 1903. Serial No. 168,716. (No modelJ TO all it y BOW/W! at their forward ends 5 than at their rear ends Be it known that 1, JOHN T. CRAMrroN, a 6 in order to conform to the shape of the concitizen of the United States, residing at Pawverging ends of the hounds. 1n securing the nee City, in the county of Pawnee and State of plates to the hounds a rectangular space 7 is 5 Nebraska, have invented certain new and useleft, into which the forward end of sleeve 8 fullmprovements inWVagon-Reachesof which snugly fits. The rear end of said sleeve exthe following is a specification. tends between the axle and bolster, to the My invention relates to improvements in rear sides of which it is secured by integral wagon-reaches; and my object is to provide an oppositely-disposed tapering flanges 9 10, re*

10 adjustable reach that will permit the truck to spectively, and bolts 11, which extend through be adjusted longitudinally for the accommosaid-flanges and the axle and bolster. The dation of wagon-boxes and hay or stock racks bottom portion of the sleeve has a longitudiof difierent lengths. nal slot 12 extending the full length thereof The present invention is an improvement to obviate the expense of riveting or other- I 5 over Patent N 0. 715,994, issued to me Decemwise securing its opposite ends together and ber 16, 1902, and possesses the advantages of also prevent the accumulation of foreign subsimplicity and cheapness of manufacture over stances within its interior portion that might the sleeve disclosed by said patent. Afurther interfere with the adjustment of the coupadvantage of the present sleeve resides in its ling-pole therein. On either side of slot 12 20 open bottom portion, whereby dirt and other the sleeve is provided with integral downforeign substances are prevented from accuturned ribs for the purpose of strengthening 7o mulating in and clogging it against theready the sleeve, so it may the better resist the adjustment of the reach or couplingpole. strains to which it is subjected while in serv- Another advantage is that the lower portion ice. The forward ends of ribs 13 terminate 25 of the sleeve is braced to resist the vertical a suitable distance from the front end of the strain to which it is subjected while the wagon sleeve in order to abut against the rear side is passing over rough or uneven ground. 6 of the lower plate 1, while their rear ends In order that the invention may be readily rest against flange 10. As the sleeve is rigunderstood, reference will now be made to the idly secured only at this end, there would 30 accompanying drawings, in which be considerable danger of fracture along the Figure 1 represents a perspective view of angle of the flange were it not for the brace the improved part of the reach secured to the afforded by the abutting ends of the ribs.

rear portion of a wagon-truck. Fig. 2 is a The rear end of coupling-pole 1 1 is telescop detail perspective view of the improved porically arranged in the sleeve, so the truck may 3 5 tion of the reach and plates for securing it to be extended or contracted, and after the dethe forward ends of the rear hounds. Fig. 3 sired adjustment has been attained the pole is S 5 is an inverted detail perspective view of a reliably secured in the sleeve by a couplingmodified form of the improved portion of the pin 15, extending through centrally-arranged reach with its bottom portion reinforced with apertures 16 in plates 1 and one of a series 4 depending longitudinal ribs. of holes 17 in the coupling-pole.

In said drawings like reference-numerals From the above description it is apparent indicate similar parts throughout the several that I have produced an extensible and conviews. tractible wagon-reach which is simple in con- 1 designates the rear axle, provided with struction and thoroughly effective for the pur- 45 the customary superposed bolster 2, and 3 poses intended.

designates the rear hounds, which extend for- Having thus described my invention, what wardly from between the axle and bolster 1 claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patand are secured at their converging ends with cut, is top and bottom plates 4, which are narrower 1. An adjustable reach for wagon-trucks comprising a rear sleeve portion having a longitudinal slot in its lower side, a front portion fitting telescopically in the rear portion, a downturned flange at the rear end of the sleeve adapted to be secured to the Wagonaxle, and doWnturned ribs formed on either side of said slot, their rear ends abutting against said flange.

2. An adjustable reach for Wagon-trucks comprising a rear sleeve portion having a longitudinal slot in its lower side, a front portion fitting telescopically in the rear portion, a downturned flange at the rear end of the sleeve adapted to be secured to the Wagon- T. A. HIoKEY, LESLIE E. BAIRD. 

